Senior Principal Software Engineer, AI/ML

Johnson and Johnson is currently recruiting for a Senior Principal Software Engineer, AI/ML, within the Global Commercial Strategy Organization (GCSO) JJT team. This position is based in Raritan or Titusville, NJ, site with the ability to come to Raritan once per week.

In the GCSO JJT product group, we work to maximize the competitive value of our global pipeline and portfolio by delivering impactful digital marketing and education, powering data-driven shaping of portfolio strategy, and amplifying organizational readiness for pipeline assets using technology.

As the Senior Principal Software Engineer, AI/ML, you will lead the shaping and hands-on development of AI/ML solutions globally. You will work with product managers, business partners, and others to define ML, AI, and data engineering approaches and lead engineering teams to understand, design, and implement systems that are robust, highly scalable, fault tolerant, and of the highest quality. In this global role, you will focus on enabling commercial success across regions and/or prior to in-market launch.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as a hands-on technical lead to conceive, design, build, and implement cross-organization, cross-TA scalable analytics solutions in partnership with Data Engineering and Data Science teams
• Hold a leadership role in strategy, architecture, and engineering of end-to-end AI/ML pipelines
• Use AI/ML to design, develop and deliver scalable data pipelines that process large datasets and provide insights and recommendations to optimize development and operations of engagement.ai solutions and pipelines
• Optimize data solutions and infrastructure for improved performance, reliability, and cost savings.
• Become a trusted partner to partner analytics teams through understanding disease area priorities, uncovering unmet needs, and pro-actively finding opportunities for innovation
• Effectively navigate technological, analytical, legal, and privacy complexities to achieve objectives
• Establish and maintain cross-functional relationships and facilitate organizational change required to ensure success and business impact
• Build external and internal relationships to remain current on the latest AI/ML advancements, both within and outside healthcare, to help advance the organization to the forefront of health AI innovation

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in a quantitative field such as software engineering, computer science, statistics, biostatistics, or supply chain. Or an equivalent educational background of M.S. with 3+ years or B.S. with 5+ years of experience of building AI/ML solutions in healthcare industry.
• Proficient in exploratory data analysis, data transformation, feature creation & engineering, and data visualization using programming languages including SQL, Python, PySpark along with associated machine learning packages such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, and Keras.
• Strong expertise in building and deploying machine learning models such as generalized linear regression, logistic regression, XGBoost, random forest, neural networks, NLP, GenAI or large language model (LLM).
• Experience with deploying data/model pipelines in machine learning platforms such as AWS (SageMaker, Argo, Kedro), Docker, Databricks, Dataiku.
• Experience in setting up, configuring, and running CI/CD pipelines to ensure smooth and efficient software development workflows. Specifically working with frameworks such as Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Jenkins, and Gitlab.
• Experience with healthcare relevant datasets, such as EHR, insurance claims or registry data
• Strong ability to mentor, coach, review, and grow technical teams and talent

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong background in applying Data Science and ML engineering methods in the Pharma industry
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment to balance multiple priorities in a matrixed organization
• Experience leading teams of engineers, including both internal and external (contractor or vendor) talent

The anticipated base pay range for this position is $120,000 to $207,000.

The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporation's performance over a calendar/performance year. Bonuses are awarded at the Company's discretion on an individual basis.

• Employees and/or eligible dependents may be eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance.
• Employees may be eligible to participate in the Company's consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).
• This position is eligible to participate in the Company's long-term incentive program.
• Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:
  • Vacation - up to 120 hours per calendar year
  • Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington - up to 56 hours per calendar year
  • Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays - up to 13 days per calendar year of Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
• Additional information can be found through the link below. https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits

The compensation and benefits information set forth in this posting applies to candidates hired in the United States. Candidates hired outside the United States will be eligible for compensation and benefits in accordance with their local market."